The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1887-07-15

New orleans States.
That excellent berio,,.,
SGRitariaR, contains a verv =, The
ing TtIele 10 the June Interest
the subject OF negro mor,aS.s on
the South. 1t is an ar,i.i.n'y h
pernSal is specially recomm "aese
10 the uigrophilist, given n aslaed
upon The bOuudlpss blessjrss slAg
emancipation bias conterrr5 ~ "uch
Senrgambiahs residents ~ .se
county. tae
From the article 1t is Iear,.
the mortality of the negro 'asl
least 10 cIlies, nearly double a
1t was in ante bellum times "aat
the reasons are not tar to SAL SAO
the regularity of their Lahi,.I of
those days, and the unremi1,. y
painstakIng care aud at,"amS
lavished upon them by their
ters in sickness as in "wsIlnas
have now been substituted ,T'
own improvideuce and jua,toass' f
to every requisite OF sanitar,sn y"
OF health. aua
Squalid dwellings in ti;thv ..,.,
bOrhoods, impure air. dirty ws,sa
neglect OF personal CLEANLINESS Sal
and insufficient lood, and g,a Osu
riouS aud generally unsayOrvb sbil
have united to produce a morsslI,r,,
which, as resulting from copsnm''
lion aud pneumonia alone. sIoI.
thus for (say) tue tour ciljes u
Charleston, Memphis, Savanna
and Nashville, For the wears 1880
1885, consumption in Cbarlest"a
carried of 1856 colored and oM
white; in Memphis All colored snd
and 322 white; ~ Savannah aOi
colOred and 212 white: and 4
Nashville $50 colored aud 239 wb,s
The mortality from pneumOuia IN
the same cities during the sauna
period stands also thus: Cnarleston
2l9 colored TO IS white Memphis
262 cololed 10 159 white; Savannah
l66 colQred to 81 white aud Nash.
vile, loo colored to 100 white.
To the canscs OF death ALREADY
mentioned might be added those
arising from indifference TO medical
treatment aud from the attacks oF
scrOfQla. The former cause is al.
tested by the fact that (tor exampleI
in Savannah alone ia 1885,, no
fewer than 3S2 negroes. aud only
81 Whites, died unattended by A
ply Siciau From scrptula to I
times as M uy cOlOred as white
succuInb IN given period. The
prevalence of that disease to such
an extent among the cOlOred folks
is due 10 two cauSes-lmmOrality
aud extensive meat consumption
wiIh0ut vegetable diet to match.
But WHEN we come TO regard the
infant stage OF The Senegambian
before he has reached across the
first five IeaIs of bis earthly pl,
gfimaSe, it is then ye see develop
meut of mortality that is eura
TO contemplate. There seems tOl
something providential IN ttis early
removal OF The cOlored yOuDgSter,
before he makes experience Of tho
SquaIor and Suffering TINT cOrsli'
tute The dual lot to which be bas
porn-
Ere sin can blight or sorrow fade,
Death cores with friendly cares, etc.
The death rate per 1000 OF the
population under FIVE Years OF age
for the year 1888 IN Il o saue ciIieS
named above WAS as follows: IN
Charleston, white SIS, cOlOrpd
2I.O2; in Memphis, Nhite 3.75, col.
ored 2I.O3, in Memphis, whiteS75
cOlored 1891 IN Nashville, white
$50, cOlored ~ A aud in Savan'
nab, white 7.59, cOlored, 1901. lu
the year 1885, the the showing was
pretty much the same thus: In
Charleston, white infants 4.45, col.
cred IA IS; in Memphis, white 4.67,
culored 13 46; in Nashville, white
4 81, cOlOred 1O.7S; and in Savau.
nah, white, 425, colOred 1870.
The direct deduction TO be made
from these statistics would natar-
ally be that the negro is bound for
extinction. ard that a pacific aud
satisfactory s6utiOn of the race
question is 60 be attained By Tue
hux of time and the natural
course of events. But the eonclIl'
sion would be previous, until inc
birth rate is put alongside the rate
of mortality, aud comparisons made
in favor OF survival or annihIIatloB'
Briefly, the excess OF mortality
among the cOlored folks is more
than cOunterbalanced by the excess
OF births among them and the
preservation aud numerical increase
ut the race may therefore be count
ed on beyond the shadow OF DOUBT
The per cent. of increase for the pop
ulatiOn from 1870 to 1880 was TO
white 293O, black 3461. 40
show the relative Increase" says
DR.. J. B. Thornton, Of Memphis
'between The two races IN Tue
| take from the last ofnclai
the three Southern STATES
Tennessee, Alabama aud MisS's'
may be accepted ase
isir criterion for the rest OF tne
Rate OF increase ID ness
as one State-wbite, z5SVi
80 per cent. 1t is still InOIs
lppareutin South Carolina; Decanse
{ is less affected by lmmlgrsuoa
rom other States, and shows niole
,eenrafalv fha natural NnCftdcr.